Hercule mourant

About the show

Hercules returns from his labors with captives, and his son Hyllus falls in love with Iole. Believing Hercules intends to leave her for Iole, Deianira sends him a robe dipped in the blood of the dying centaur Nessus. The robe burns and poisons Hercules; Deianira dies by suicide, and Hercules asks Hyllus to marry Iole and light his funeral pyre. Jupiter’s lightning ignites it, and Hercules ascends to heaven.